Yeah, it's weird now that I think of it. It seems like most people might want to keep a diary of sorts. Anything from little snippets about what happened during the day to deep thoughts that one can get into during periods of solitude and self-exploration.Mostly Harmless had pen and paper yet chose to not write down his name or information about his journey.
He did not want anyone to know who he is in my opinion.
How very sad and lonely for him. RIP
Could Ben have been Jewish? Ben is a Hebrew name. Another thing is Bilemy could have been a variation on the Hebrew female first name of Blimie. Maybe his alias Ben Bilemy was a combination of those two Hebrew first names. There are lot of Hebrew women named Blimie living in Brooklyn. Perhaps he knew or was related to one of them. Maybe I am reaching with this theory on the alias.
Yes I noticed that in the pic with the pizza that only the crust around the pizza was eaten. Most people are more interested in the middle of the pizza and would leave the ends, imho! I thought that was strange.Its not impossible, for sure.
Come to think of it, it was mentioned that in a picture, he only ate the crusts of what looked like a pizza. Maybe he only bit around the crusts because their was pork on the actually pie?
I don't recall reading any situations where he was eating or was not eating a product with pork.
Just ideas for your thoughts.....
Nathan Blaine McGraw was from Denham Springs Louisiana...
Yes I noticed that in the pic with the pizza that only the crust around the pizza was eaten. Most people are more interested in the middle of the pizza and would leave the ends, imho! I thought that was strange.
I know it's mostly a matter of curiosity but I found this unusual as well. I wonder if maybe he didn't have much of an appetite and the crust was the only palatable part. Kind of like just eating crackers when you have an upset stomach.The biting around the edges of the pizza is strange. Eating disorder? Food intolerance to cheese? Why not just remove the cheese or order something else? IMO
I know it's mostly a matter of curiosity but I found this unusual as well. I wonder if maybe he didn't have much of an appetite and the crust was the only palatable part. Kind of like just eating crackers when you have an upset stomach.
This is quite a stretch but the translation in Turkmen of "Bilemy" is "I don't know".
We've talked about that, a it was suggested upthread that Denim/MH may have been in the military & stationed in Turkey/family stationed in Turkey, OR may have been an exchange student or host family for a Turkish exchange student and picked up the expression.
Keep reading, fresh eyes are always good!
JMHO YMMV LRR
I've tried to keep up but you guys are too quick (I should have known that this would have already come up).
I did a lot of travelling in my younger days and I can still remember how to say "I don't know" in many foreign languages. It could have been that he'd picked it up travelling.
I just got this from a translating site but according to them, this translation is in Turkmen, the language of Turkmenistan, not Turkish. Any language experts here?
That sounds great! Excuse me for asking but who are "we"?
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